salford getting a new ground is not just important for the club, but also the game as a whole

i hope they can one day get crowds of 15,000 and be one of the strongest SL clubs

RL has a rich history in manchester, its time we revived it

its also pretty important that Salford really do start to take junior development seriously and not just pay lip service to this important part of the game, and not just keep signing has been and never was players from the NRL, and Super League rejects.

its also pretty important that Salford really do start to take junior development seriously and not just pay lip service to this important part of the game, and not just keep signing has been and never was players from the NRL, and Super League rejects.

Jack Spencer,Stefan Ratchford,Gareth Owen,Marc Sneyd,Lewis Palfrey to name a few.First four in last Sundays squad and all did ok.

If it was a 20,000 capacity ground you can bet that Sale will want to play there as well.

Plus it will be able to host semi finals of the challenge cup and the Championship Grand Final plus Tests.

if Sale want to share the Salford ground they must realise that they will be junior partners to Salford, and it will cost them. also if the rumour is true that Manchester Utd are going to play there as well that will make sale 3rd in the pecking order at the ground. i'm not even sure Manchester Utd will want a union club playing there as union does destroy the playing surface, risking injuries to there players.

He should be RL through and through with being born in the heartlands! But he's a Tory so am not sure!!!!

No surprise really that Salford Council approved planning permission for their own development. Wonder how the Council Tax payers will feel about paying for a Stadium out at Barton. Steelworks will confirm this is not lies like last time

No surprise really that Salford Council approved planning permission for their own development. Wonder how the Council Tax payers will feel about paying for a Stadium out at Barton. Steelworks will confirm this is not lies like last time

Does anybody know for sure what will happen to the willows after Salford vacate for Barton? there are strong rumours that Swinton Lions are moving to the willows next year!

No surprise really that Salford Council approved planning permission for their own development. Wonder how the Council Tax payers will feel about paying for a Stadium out at Barton. Steelworks will confirm this is not lies like last time

Could Westminster still intervene in this with all the spending cuts or is this decision final, when is the build due to start. Saw a good digital view of the stadium on boots n all, not keen on the green seats tho (whether they will be green once built, would of thought they be red)

The previous Govt have already approved this scheme. Lets hope this is just a formality as the tender process is already well advanced.

The money the council have earmarked is a loan

The Willows has already been sold for essential workers houses but Swinton might share next year.

Development work by Salford goes largely unreported but in recent months I have seen articles about them spreading the game in glasgow, North Wales, Cornwall, Jamaca plus Trafford and Manchester. Salford has already improved the community programme and increased the number of service area teams.

we also have as WSCR says promoted a number of players from our academy plus 1 at Leeds and 1 at Hull.

The Barton stadium is not initially going to be 20,000 seats, it's going to have 3 phases of construction, 12000 seater with training and playing facilities, phase 2 will increase capacity to 15000, and phase 3 will increase it to 20000 if needed. So it looks like 12000 will be enough then.